9V's in an Emag? You're kidding me, right?

[OneSelfLost]

I was flipping through a 2005 issue of Paintball Magazine the other day, and at the back they had the section where they would list all the different guns and have a blurb about them. I looked up the E-mag and it says "Runs on an 18v battery pack or two 9v batteries".. No way, one, the E-mag pack is 16.5v, but unregulated so you're looking at 18 to 20.5v, and two, 9v batteries are weak sauce!

So.. is this statement true, or is my scepticism justified?

[SSP-SheiK]

I'm assuming like most journalism.... looks like someone didn't check their facts...

[TwilightG]

let's not forget the APG picture that confused an SFL E-Mag for an Invert Mini

[OneSelfLost]

let's not forget the APG picture that confused an SFL E-Mag for an Invert Mini

Hahaha! Woooow!

[Old School 626]

There is the question of can it and then there is the question of should it.

I am sure you could run it on two 9V's but for how long would it run? The storage capacity of the multi-cell E-mag packs is far greater than that of 2 9V's. There is someone on this forum that is more intimate with the math than I am. I'm sure they'll surface.

OS

[kcombs9]

my e-mag runs on a single 9v

[Spazmok]

I thought Tom had made a custom emag running 9v's for the warriors. Turns out it was the stock battery, just displaced.
Warriors Emag - Oh I miss seeing updates pop up on the prototype lab.

[athomas]

You might get the emag to work on two 9v batteries, but it would be unreliable at best. 9V batteries don't have the C rating to deliver the necessary current on demand that the solenoid requires. You might get a single shot or two if you are lucky and your setup is tuned to perfection, but you won't get a sustained burst of shots.